Marc Perkel wrote:> The important point that you are missing here is that> the Linux world is willing to live with an rm command> that is broken and the Windows and DOS world isn't.> This isn't about the rm command it's about programming> standards. It's about that the Linux community isn't> committed to getting it right.

Thanks man, you've made my day. I haven't laughed this hard at a mildlytechnical discussion in weeks.

> Just like my thinking outside the box thread when I> try to say "this is broken" people don't go fix it.> Instead I get an explanation why Linux isn't capable> of having an rm command that will delete an unlimited> number of files.

Calling something that bas been working for decades broken, and offeringa vague idea that is not only riddled with usability issues but alsounimplementable in an even remotely efficient manner, and yet expectingpeople to jump into action and write it for you while deprecating anenormous amount of existing code, is something best described assurreal. Disregarding peer review and calling it an "attack" is justicing on the cake.

> I bet there are Microsoft people out there laughing at> this.

Probably at you.

> THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE !!!> > 20 years, a million programmers, tens of millions of> users and RM is BROKEN. Am I the only one who has a> problem with this? If so - I'm normal - and Linux is a> cult.